Most Bihar Cabinet Ministers are wealthier than CM Nitish Kumar

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Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar with Deputy CMs Samrat Choudhary and Vijay Kumar Sinha get  astatine  the Bihar Assembly. File

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar with Deputy CMs Samrat Choudhary and Vijay Kumar Sinha get astatine the Bihar Assembly. File | Photo Credit: ANI

Bihar’s Deputy Chief Ministers Samrat Choudhary and Vijay Kumar Sinha are some importantly richer than Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, according to the nationalist declaration of assets by the members of the State Cabinet made connected the past time of 2025.

Mr. Kumar has lone ₹20,552 currency successful manus and ₹57,000 full deposits successful the bank, including ₹27,217 successful the State Bank of India (SBI) subdivision astatine Patna Secretariat, ₹3,358 successful the SBI subdivision astatine Parliament House, Delhi, and ₹27,191 successful the Punjab National Bank subdivision successful Boring Road, Patna.

A Dwarka flat, treadmill, and charkha

The CM’s full assets are worthy ₹1.66 crore, an summation of ₹68,455 successful examination to past year’s declaration. He has movable assets of ₹17.66 lakh and immovable assets valued astatine ₹1.48 crore. He does not ain immoderate cultivation onshore oregon a location successful Patna. He has a level successful Delhi’s Dwarka (Sector-5), which was purchased successful 2004 for ₹13.78 lakh. Its existent marketplace worth stands astatine ₹1.48 crore. He does not person immoderate concern successful communal funds oregon immoderate security policies.

Mr. Kumar has 2 golden rings and 1 metallic ringing studded with pearls, with a full marketplace worth of ₹2,03,000. He besides owns 10 cows and 13 calves, collectively valued astatine ₹1.45 lakh. Other important assets see a treadmill worthy ₹35,000, a charkha (spinning wheel) worthy ₹10,550, an workout cycle, and different household appliances specified arsenic a microwave oven.

The signifier of declaring assets started successful January 2011, aiming to summation transparency successful nationalist governance and combat corruption. The CM and his Cabinet colleagues uploaded their plus details connected the Cabinet Secretariat Department’s website connected Wednesday (December 31, 2025) evening.

Wealthy Deputy CMs

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) person and Deputy CM Mr. Choudhary, who besides heads the Home Department, has declared that his assets are worthy ₹6.38 crore. He holds ₹1.35 lakh successful currency and ₹34.88 lakh deposited successful banks. His wife’s slope relationship has a equilibrium of ₹12.82 lakh. He is fond of arms and has an NP Bore Rifle worthy ₹4 lakh and a revolver fixed to him by his father, valued astatine ₹2 lakh. He besides owns a Bolero Neo worthy ₹7 lakh.

Mr. Choudhary has purchased bonds worthy implicit ₹30 lakh and LIC security policies worthy implicit ₹19 lakh, and ain jewellery and bullion worthy ₹20 lakh. His woman Kumari Mamta has 200 grams of golden with a marketplace worth of ₹20 lakh.

Fellow Deputy CM Mr. Sinha has full assets worthy ₹8.81 crore, six times greater than the Bihar CM. This includes movable spot worthy ₹5.13 crore and immovable spot worthy ₹3.68 crore. Mr. Sinha has 90 grams of golden which helium received arsenic a acquisition during household matrimony worthy ₹10 lakh. He besides owns a firearm and revolver and ₹88,560 successful cash. His woman Sushila Devi owns a institution called Shiva Enterprises valued astatine ₹2.40 crore. She besides owns immovable spot worthy ₹3.02 crore and has ₹67,528 successful cash.

The lone 3 Ministers successful the Bihar Cabinet whose declared wealthiness is little than the CM are Sanjay Kumar, Sanjay Singh Tiger, and Surendra Mehta.

Published - January 01, 2026 11:23 p.m. IST

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